|
Country
|
Belize | 
Sweden |
|
Leader
|
Prime minister: Dean Barrow
|
Prime minister: Fredrik Reinfeldt
|
|
Population
|
334,297
| 9,119,423
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
68.400 years
| 81.280 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Belmopan
| Stockholm
|
|
Largest city
|
| Belize City (population: 61,461) | Stockholm (population: 1,253,310) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.771
| 0.958
|
| GDP per capita |
$8,400 US
| $41,700 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
76.9%
| 99%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.9
| 9.3
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
11.1%
| 47%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Ingvar Kamprad & family ($22.0bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
11.300%
| 7.500%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished
|
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Political System
|
parliamentary democracy
| constitutional monarchy
|
|
Independence date
|
21 September 1981 (from UK)
| 6 June 1523 (Gustav VASA elected king)
|
| Religions |
Roman Catholic 49.6%, Protestant 27% (Pentecostal 7.4%, Anglican 5.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5.2%, Mennonite 4.1%, Methodist 3.5%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%), other 14%, none 9.4% (2000)
| Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%
|
| Languages |
Spanish 46%, Creole 32.9%, Mayan dialects 8.9%, English 3.9% (official), Garifuna 3.4% (Carib), German 3.3%, other 1.4%, unknown 0.2% (2000 census)
| Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
|
| Exports |
sugar, bananas, citrus, clothing, fish products, molasses, wood
| machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals
|
| External Debt |
$1,457,000,000 $
| $1,016,000,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
Belizean dollars (BZD) per US dollar - 2 (2008 est.), 2 (2007), 2 (2006), 2 (2005), 2 (2004)
| Swedish kronor (SEK) per US dollar - 6.4074 (2008 est.), 6.7629 (2007), 7.3731 (2006), 7.4731 (2005), 7.3489 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.200%
| 1.500%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 5
|
| Location |
Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Mexico
| Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway
|
| Area |
22,966 km sq
| 450,295 km sq
|
| Coastline |
386 km
| 3,218 km
|
| Climate |
tropical; very hot and humid; rainy season (May to November); dry season (February to May)
| temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
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